--- title: "SEND Inclusion Strategy" url: "https://richardcrosse.staffs.sch.uk/our-school/send/send-inclusion-strategy" school: "Richard Crosse Primary School" --- # SEND Inclusion Strategy --- ![](https://richardcrosse.staffs.sch.uk/images/4eaad1e5ea420bd8ce3752881d56ca7a.png) ## **Inclusion Strategy** Our **School Inclusion Strategy** sets out how we deliver high-quality, inclusive education for every child—including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)—using our core school budget and the Inclusive Mainstream Fund (IMF). ### **What Is Our Inclusion Strategy?** Our strategy is built on a clear **Statement of Intent**: every child deserves an ambitious, high-quality education in an environment where they feel safe, truly valued, and proud to belong. Rather than waiting for official clinical diagnoses or formal labels, we provide immediate, tailored support as soon as a need is identified. Our strategy is structured around **7 Core Principles of Inclusion**: 1. **High Expectations for Everyone:** Encouraging and challenging every pupil to aim high. 2. **Fast Help When It Matters:** Delivering immediate, needs-led early support without long diagnostic delays. 3. **Teaching That Fits the Student:** Using adaptive teaching methods (such as visual tools, processing time, and pre-teaching vocabulary) in the main classroom. 4. **Joining In Everything:** Ensuring equal participation in school trips, clubs, sports, and outdoor learning. 5. **A Safe Place to Belong:** Creating a safe, nurturing culture focused on well-being and belonging. 6. **Teamwork with Families and Specialists:** Working as a close partnership with parents, health, and support services. 7. **Clearing Away Obstacles:** Removing physical, environmental, and attitudinal barriers to learning. #### **Key Focus Areas & Planned Activities** To tackle key barriers—such as Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN), anxiety/SEMH, neurodivergent needs, and early years readiness—our strategy funds key actions: - **Adaptive Teaching & Curriculum Delivery:** Embeds universal approaches across mixed-age classes for subjects like phonics, writing, and maths. - **Needs-Led Support (Assess-Plan-Do-Review):** Strengthens early identification and collaborative reviews with pupils and families. - **Oracy & Communication Support:** Enhances vocabulary, structured talk, and communication tools across all subjects. - **Coordinated Emotional & Attendance Support:** Provides proactive, trauma-informed help and trusted adult contacts for children facing anxiety or distress. - **Early Years Independence & Dignity-Led Care:** Supports physical development, fine-motor skills, and self-care routines during early school transitions. - **Accessible Outdoor Learning:** Ensures outdoor curriculum activities are fully inclusive and adapted for all pupils. ### **Why Is It Important?** - **Immediate Support Without Delay:** Children face growing national waiting lists for clinical assessments and EHCPs. Our strategy ensures no child falls behind while waiting for formal paperwork. - **Addressing Complex & Emerging Needs:** With rising rates of speech delays, anxiety, and neurodivergent profiles (often co-occurring), a structured inclusion strategy allows us to adapt teaching flexibly to the whole child. - **Fostering Equity & Belonging:** It guarantees that inclusion extends beyond academic lessons to social interactions, school trips, and outdoor activities—helping every child build confidence alongside their peers. - **Strong Home-School Partnerships:** It puts families at the centre of their child’s support, ensuring we work together to review progress, attendance, and emotional well-being. Inclusion Strategy Richard Crosse Primary School 244 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/files/documents/Inclusion_Strategy_Richard_Crosse_Primary_School_2026-2027_(1).pdf) ![Richard Crosse Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/richard-crosse-primary-school/images/logo/Richard-crosse-footer-logo.png) ### Richard Crosse Primary School Kings Bromley Burton on Trent Staffordshire DE13 7JE 01543 472245 © Copyright 2019–2026 Richard Crosse Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://richardcrosse.staffs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)